Poster: Developing Geospatial Tools to Identify Landscape Opportunities for Phosphorus Traps

Resource link: https://acpf4watersheds.org/files/inline-files/Porter_et_al-Geospatial_Tools_fo…

The poster outlines enhancements to the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) for identifying optimal landscape sites for phosphorus removal structures, also known as "P-Traps," to address dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) losses in agricultural watersheds. The new geospatial tools in ACPF Version 7 enable users to locate and rank subsurface, blind inlet, and surface phosphorus removal structures across diverse farm landscapes, using high-resolution LiDAR, flow routing, soil data, and proximity to hydrologically active areas—ultimately helping land managers treat phosphorus runoff more effectively and prioritize conservation practice placement. These updates empower planners with actionable site-selection outputs and field-scale rankings, making conservation strategies for phosphorus management much more data-driven and precise.

_{ACPF HUB is supported through Cooperative Agreement # NR213A750008C007 with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Funding for the development of new tools and capabilities for the ACPF is provided, in part, by the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Effects Assessment Project- Watershed Assessment Studies under the ACPF Enhancement Project, NRCS Interagency Agreement # NRC21IRA0010883 with USDA ARS.}